Jose Arnaldo B. Dris
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
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Volume 23, 2017, Number 4, Pages 1—13
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Jose Arnaldo B. Dris
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Abstract
We investigate the implications of a curious biconditional involving the divisors of odd perfect numbers, if Dris conjecture that qk < n holds, where qkn2 is an odd perfect number with Euler prime q. We then show that this biconditional holds unconditionally. Lastly, we prove that the inequality q < n holds unconditionally.
Keywords
- Odd perfect number
- Abundancy index
- Deficiency
AMS Classification
- 11A25
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Cite this paper
Dris, J. A. B. (2017). On a Curious Biconditional Involving the Divisors of Odd Perfect Numbers. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 23(4), 1-13.